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Description: | A collection of papers relating to his service with the Royal Navy, notably as Commander of HMS TIGER (1st Battle Cruiser Squadron) during the Battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland, and comprising: ts transcriptions of five letters to his mother describing the death and funeral of Queen Victoria (January - February 1901); a ms narrative of events (8pp) about the German bombardment of Scarborough and Hartlepool, with a printed memorandum from Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty to the Commanding Officers, 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron about the incidents (December 1914); a ms account (12pp) about the Battle of Dogger Bank entitled 'The Fight, January 24th 1915', in which he answers criticisms of his actions as Captain of HMS TIGER; a ts copy of report of proceedings of HMS TIGER on 24 January 1915 with six appendices (January 1915); a ts report (2pp) of serious damage sustained by HMS TIGER during the action; a ts letter (3pp) to Vice Admiral Sir Archibald Moore with a list of officers and ratings who had carried out their duties with particular credit (January 1915); a ts list (2p) of men in HMS TIGER who were awarded the DSM for their conduct; a ts copy of a report of proceedings of HMS TIGER on 31 May 1916 relating to the Battle of Jutland (June 1916); three ts copies of reports of proceedings by the gunnery and engineering departments and between decks, in HMS TIGER during the action (June 1916); a ts letter to Rear Admiral O de B Brock with a list of officers and ratings who had carried out their duties with particular credit (June 1916); a ts copy of congratulatory signals sent to the Battle Cruiser Fleet after the Battle of Jutland; ms and printed track charts of the BC Fleet's deployment (31 May 1916); and a series of correspondence relating to his service as Rear Admiral, Egypt (1919 - 1920) including letters by Vice Admiral Sir John de Robeck and Field Marshal Viscount Allenby.
Cataloguer SJO | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Battle of Dogger Bank 1915 Royal Navy battlecruiser (1913) Battle of Jutland 1916 North Sea First World War HMS TIGER | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Pelly, Henry Bertram | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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